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caller: -- host: jones senses e-mail to ozzy. -- two of us. -- joan sends this email to us. the next caller is an independent. caller: there is a painless way -- i am not sure they have -- i am not sure why they have not talked about this to help social security. i agree with the first woman from california and extending the tax. taken up to $200,000 -- take it up to two hundred thousand dollars and people who make up to $500,000. they'll leave pay 2% more. over $1 million, they only pay 1% more. tickets all the way up to $100 million for the wall street guys -- take it all the way up to $100 million for the wall street guys. host: thank you. on facebook -- there is a story about the gop in "the baltimore sun" this morning. this is the story. "something damaging happen to to do once-dominating tax policy. insistence that the cost of the tax cuts be offset by spending cuts. mitch mcconnell of kentucky said that he did not have a view of that strategy. the difference is continued onas voting on the measure approached. paul ryan said thursday that modeled differences between th
caller: -- host: jones senses e-mail to ozzy. -- two of us. -- joan sends this email to us. the next caller is an independent. caller: there is a painless way -- i am not sure they have -- i am not sure why they have not talked about this to help social security. i agree with the first woman from california and extending the tax. taken up to $200,000 -- take it up to two hundred thousand dollars and people who make up to $500,000. they'll leave pay 2% more. over $1 million, they only pay 1%...
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he did not do a thing for us. dodd-frank did not do a thing for us. they said tests of thing about forbearance, and they said -- sent us off thing about forbearance, and said if you pay $6,000, will extend your payment out. if we had 6000 extra dollars, we would not have been in this position to begin with. this guy is nothing but a liar. host: robert, we will leave it at that point. guest: it expresses the anger. it is a challenge. when i left the administration i was deciding whether to stay in washington or go back to private industry. this outcry is not uncommon. the reality is we need certainty and we need to get markets that are functioning going forward so families can have access to credit, something chairman bernanke talked about in his white paper a few weeks back. this a bear is a reflection of the overall concern of those seven -- a deere is a reflection of the overall concerns. host: the fed plans to keep the same is a strict policy through 2014. -- the same interest rate policy through 2014. i'm wondering what that might do for people lo
he did not do a thing for us. dodd-frank did not do a thing for us. they said tests of thing about forbearance, and they said -- sent us off thing about forbearance, and said if you pay $6,000, will extend your payment out. if we had 6000 extra dollars, we would not have been in this position to begin with. this guy is nothing but a liar. host: robert, we will leave it at that point. guest: it expresses the anger. it is a challenge. when i left the administration i was deciding whether to stay...
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thanks very much for being with us. let me share with you from "the new york times" this morning -- what is going to happen? guest: "disarray" is a word i used yesterday as well after we got this announcement. i cannot tell you exactly what will happen but the president's last offer from tuesday is still a good offer. it is still a balanced offer and one that deals with long term deficit reduction. it has tax revenue coming spending cuts, and i think it is the right framework for moving forward. i also think that the democratic party in the house -- you need 218 votes total to pass something. i think we could find easily 109 votes from the democratic party and 109 from the republican party. you could put together enough votes in the house to pass a package that is balanced. host: let me go back to what is in the president's plan. raising taxes on those whose incomes are above $400,000 a year and changing the inflation measure for social security benefits than they do you support that? guest: i personally do not support
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the way that they perceive us is as dweebs. they do not like us and never have liked us. you think we are talking about the 74%? the 37%? they do not understand that we work hard. americans are the hardest working people. we have to jobs, three jobs, many of us are going back to school. we are not sitting around doing nothing. host: this prediction from facebook. these comments, democrats -- host: from bragg on facebook -- host: let me give you some other headlines as we continue this discussion this morning about the fiscal cliff. this is from "the washington post." "egyptian opposition confused over next step." host: also from "of the washington times" this morning -- "hillary clinton will testify on the hill." "and no date has been announced for her testimony, either in open or closed session. the state department has put forth and accountability review board and that is investigating the attacks. host: burke, new orleans. what are you willing to sacrifice? caller code good morning. i think that we are spending way too much on this drug war. it is costing the nation wa
the way that they perceive us is as dweebs. they do not like us and never have liked us. you think we are talking about the 74%? the 37%? they do not understand that we work hard. americans are the hardest working people. we have to jobs, three jobs, many of us are going back to school. we are not sitting around doing nothing. host: this prediction from facebook. these comments, democrats -- host: from bragg on facebook -- host: let me give you some other headlines as we continue this...
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you can also catch up with us on all social media platforms by sending us a tweet. or by sending us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org. a very good morning to you. we want to start with that story we were talking about from "the washington post." the headline, "u.s. freeze high level detainee's." we will get to more on that story in a second. first, we want to focus on the budget control act and the sequestration that is being discussed. the sequestered replacement act of 2012. senator paul ryan has read -- has introduced a bill. if approved by congress, it would get rid of the language in the budget control act that requires sequester. a sequester itself is a touchy subject on capitol hill. an article from "the washington times" this morning. the biggest test is still to come this year when congress and the president will have to grapple with the medicare cuts this set in place as a punishment for the supercommittee pose the failure. we want to know your confidence in whether congress will keep the spending cuts. you can give us a call in on this subject. we want to tur
you can also catch up with us on all social media platforms by sending us a tweet. or by sending us an e-mail, journal@c-span.org. a very good morning to you. we want to start with that story we were talking about from "the washington post." the headline, "u.s. freeze high level detainee's." we will get to more on that story in a second. first, we want to focus on the budget control act and the sequestration that is being discussed. the sequestered replacement act of 2012....
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if they export to us, -- they can lend the money to us. they have been determined to lend the money to us survey do not have to buy our exports. i'm not a protectionist. i do think this kind of policy right now is hurting america. i would fight this more strongly if i was the administration. china is a small piece of this. it is widespread. host: brooklyn, new york, this is paul. caller: hi. i like what your guest is saying. i have significant investments. there's too much stupid money chasing stupid money. why can anybody tie that into the idea that there is simply -- the tax rate is too low on capital gains and the rich and there are no good investments because they have had to find new ways to invest in order to spend this phenomenal cash that has gone into investments. if you're to raise the tax rates even in a stair step method, you could -- the government could pour that in two parts of the economy where people turn around and spend it and that will promote consumer spending. we have gone from bubble to bubble. it is not doing us any
if they export to us, -- they can lend the money to us. they have been determined to lend the money to us survey do not have to buy our exports. i'm not a protectionist. i do think this kind of policy right now is hurting america. i would fight this more strongly if i was the administration. china is a small piece of this. it is widespread. host: brooklyn, new york, this is paul. caller: hi. i like what your guest is saying. i have significant investments. there's too much stupid money chasing...
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that is what is destroying us. we are spending the majority of our money on kids that will never, ever hold a job, when other countries put their kids into categories, who can be an engineer, who can be a doctor, who can be this, and try to get the most excellence from those students rather than dragging everybody down and making everybody equal. that's the progressive way. i'm glad one woman finally admitted she's a communist and people need to be aware of her record, now that she's running for office. you know, it stands out. you can't hide. well, i guess you can hide from the media because they're not going to bring up anything about a democrat, but they'll go through the garbage like they did that michelle. thank you. host: oak ridge, tennessee. raven brooks, you've got the last word. guest: well, i would just say that i feel like i fundamentally disagree with the caller on whether or not we should strive for equality. i mean, i think that's the start of what the founders, you know, wrote into the constitution.
that is what is destroying us. we are spending the majority of our money on kids that will never, ever hold a job, when other countries put their kids into categories, who can be an engineer, who can be a doctor, who can be this, and try to get the most excellence from those students rather than dragging everybody down and making everybody equal. that's the progressive way. i'm glad one woman finally admitted she's a communist and people need to be aware of her record, now that she's running...
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give us a call. tell us why. here are the numbers -- ! for republicans -- 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 four independent -- for independents. we will take those calls in just a moment. even though the president made statements about it last night, it was earlier this week in an interview with cnbc that started this discussion in the papers and amongst the capitol hill about the future of the bush era tax cuts. here is president bill clinton when asked about the tax cuts and whether they should be extended. >> i think what it means is they will have to put everything off until early next year. that is the best thing to do right now. the republicans do not want to do that unless he agrees to extend a tax cut permanently, including for upper-income people. but, the real issue is not whether they should be extended for another few months, it is whether the price the republican house will put on the extension is the permanent extension of the tax cuts. which, i think, is an error. >> -- host: president
give us a call. tell us why. here are the numbers -- ! for republicans -- 202-737-0002 for republicans. 202-737-0001 for democrats. 202-628-0205 four independent -- for independents. we will take those calls in just a moment. even though the president made statements about it last night, it was earlier this week in an interview with cnbc that started this discussion in the papers and amongst the capitol hill about the future of the bush era tax cuts. here is president bill clinton when asked...
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thank you for joining us. we have been hearing a lot about the white house and run the camp talking about latino voters in getting that voting bloc. but talk about african-american voters. what are the republicans doing to get them on board? >> today c-span will cover the conservative platform we have from 1:00-3:00. it is the second one we have had. today we will talk about urban economic issues and revitalization, because i think it is important. when you look at the numbers as far as unemployment, they talk about 8.2%. that is really 14.8%. that is underemployment and discouraged workers that are not even looking any more. the wrong number for the black community is 14%. -- the raw number for the but community is 14 percent said. but the median family incomes down to 35,000. look at 32-33% of the black community is living below the poverty line. also come out of the 45% increase that we've seen with food stamp recipients. we have to talk about how we have pro-growth policies within the urban environment. sm
thank you for joining us. we have been hearing a lot about the white house and run the camp talking about latino voters in getting that voting bloc. but talk about african-american voters. what are the republicans doing to get them on board? >> today c-span will cover the conservative platform we have from 1:00-3:00. it is the second one we have had. today we will talk about urban economic issues and revitalization, because i think it is important. when you look at the numbers as far as...
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here are the numbers to call -- you can also find us online. send us a tweet. join the conversation on facebook by looking for c-span. or e-mail us. the new study is by the consumer federation of america. and the certified financial planner board. here's a story from "usa today covering it. that according to this new survey at. only 31% of americans have put together a financial plan, the .tory goes on to seay that was the same percentage in 1997. what do you think about your financial planning? are you ready for the future? do you have a plan that you have put together on your own or with professional? are you concerned about what awaits you in the future? here's a piece by nbc news. that's from this week. here's some information about saving for retirement by age, how it breaks down demographically. this story in the "usa today" says although attitudes have changed and concerns of prison, there is one constant, people who have a financial plan feel more confident about their financial future and report more success managing money. that is according to the ceo
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it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses were built with money they paid taxes on. that is very destructive and we should not have an inheritance tax. this is coming to me, one of the most important taxes we can change. over the years, at the beginning, i used to wonder, why doesn't seem like average middle-class people coming to me want to deal with the inheritance tax. rich people all have a way to get around it, trust funds, overseas investments, all kinds of protection, but the average person with a small business or a farm that they do not want to give up, they are the one that will be
it is preventing us from using our own family money. i would also like him to touch on the agenda 21 and the united nations and how we use billions, and how we could use that here. >guest: the inheritance tax is a tax on capital. if you are taxing with capital gains or inheritance tax, you have a small business man that gets up to $3 million, and then the family inherits and they have to break it up. that it destruction of capital, savings. there should be no inheritance tax. the businesses...
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that would have saved us 4,405 dead. so everybody knows that military -- my dad was in the army and he knows it, so you know -- well, we don't need to defend the whole world. that's not in our constitution and nobody really wants us to do it. host: lead story in the wall street journalism, president obama's signal he wouldn't insist tax rates on upper income americans rise as part of a deficit reduction deal. so a new flexibility as he tries to accelerate talks with republic conditions. new clirity of the white house position marks a potentially important moment to figure out how to handle tax rates that are due to snap higher next year. one of the thorniest elements of the so-called fiscal cliff. host: that's the lead story this morning in the "wall street journal." marisa is a democrat in montana. marisa, good morning to you. the g.o.p. says address the spending problem. what do you think? caller: oh, thank you so much for taking my call. i'm so grateful and so grateful for c-span. let's never forget the dark days of t
that would have saved us 4,405 dead. so everybody knows that military -- my dad was in the army and he knows it, so you know -- well, we don't need to defend the whole world. that's not in our constitution and nobody really wants us to do it. host: lead story in the wall street journalism, president obama's signal he wouldn't insist tax rates on upper income americans rise as part of a deficit reduction deal. so a new flexibility as he tries to accelerate talks with republic conditions. new...
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call us and tell us your story. we may use your comments on the air. >> "washington journal" continues. ed schultz is joining us this morning. thanks for being here. guest: nice to be here from alaska. host: by way of pennsylvania. we want to talk about campaign 2012, the progressive vote. let's start with this new york times poll done by president we done about president obama's stance on gay marriage. it says the majority of americans feel it was politically motivated. guest: the climate in the country is so politically motivated, t that it is easy to think that. if president obama wins reelection, he will be viewed as someone who took a very historic and a very brave stance on marriage equality. if president obama loses, then the critics will be saying that he never should have gone down that road. really, is about the election. personally, for president obama , i think that he has evolved. i take him at his word. obviously, the gay community in america is very influential, getting politically stronger all the ti
call us and tell us your story. we may use your comments on the air. >> "washington journal" continues. ed schultz is joining us this morning. thanks for being here. guest: nice to be here from alaska. host: by way of pennsylvania. we want to talk about campaign 2012, the progressive vote. let's start with this new york times poll done by president we done about president obama's stance on gay marriage. it says the majority of americans feel it was politically motivated. guest:...
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so they are working with us. there's the national center of intrepid medicine that is outside of washington at the walter reed facility that the nea is working with to explore how to express rightso what i am trying to explain is that there is a demand not only from the public but our other federal partners to see arts more effectively to leverage our own. be it education the housing department, the military itself. i would just say that one of the things that particular program builds on, i should mention is a program called operation homecoming. it is ahas been in existence for many years now. we have worked with families and a veterans' in creative writing workshops. there has been a tremendous response in demand for those types of services. it is possible they could about the same services from elsewhere, but the question emerges, why wasn't that done before? the nea can galvanize great thinking about bringing the arts -- not only bringing access to americans, but a broader engagement that is part of our soci
so they are working with us. there's the national center of intrepid medicine that is outside of washington at the walter reed facility that the nea is working with to explore how to express rightso what i am trying to explain is that there is a demand not only from the public but our other federal partners to see arts more effectively to leverage our own. be it education the housing department, the military itself. i would just say that one of the things that particular program builds on, i...
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join us on facebook. or you can send us an e-mail. let's look at the headlines, beginning with "politico," available online -- he was treated like a friend among friends, for the most part, it says. and the new york times has -- in the washington post -- let's take you to the hearing that ran about two hours. it's available on our web site, c-span.org. >> we have led a lot of people down and we're very sorry for it. let me tell you how it went wrong. these are the reasons. we believe that a series of events lead to difficulties in synthetic credit portfolios. these are detailed in my written testimony. cio strategy for reducing the synthetic credit portfolio was poorly conceived. in hindsight, the trader did not have the understanding of the new risks they took. the risk limits should have been specific to that portfolio and much more granular, only allowing lower limited risk on each specific risk being taken. cio, they should have got more scrutiny from senior management and i include myself in that, and the firm-wide risk control f
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, fighting with us. they were not in vietnam. they were not in world war ii or korea or any to the wars. the people who do this should be thrown in jail and we should start making these people -- throw these people in jail because they're ruining our country. host: willy in houston, texas. who has the power to solve problems the president or congress? caller: both has to work together to solve the problems. but the problem is the gridlock is caused by the wealthy in corporations and paying the democrats, republicans, paying both sides against the middle. and generally what's good for these corporations are not good for the rest of us. thank you. host: bernard in groveland, florida, is our next caller on our line for democrats. go ahead, bernard. caller: good morning. the president only has executive power and people need to understand that the power lies in the legislative branch. and congress needs to pass these laws along the president to move this country forward. host: bernard, we've got a tweet here
, fighting with us. they were not in vietnam. they were not in world war ii or korea or any to the wars. the people who do this should be thrown in jail and we should start making these people -- throw these people in jail because they're ruining our country. host: willy in houston, texas. who has the power to solve problems the president or congress? caller: both has to work together to solve the problems. but the problem is the gridlock is caused by the wealthy in corporations and paying the...
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also, you can send us an e-mail or send us a tweet. also, post your comments on facebook. facebook.com/c-span is where you need to go for that. is ind that -- susan rice this piece. she pointed out that the withdrawal was just one point of the six-point plan. including talks with the opposition . monica is an independent in at miami, florida. what do you make of it? caller: i think the current administration did a good job in negotiation and peace-keeping talks. i think now the thing is to make sure this is being carried out properly. if not, i believe the u.s. will have to go in and handle this. host: what you mean? what is next at the un peace deal does not work out? caller: i think we should send troops over there if it does not work out. they're not going to stop it. them from doing what they are doing as far as sending troops. host: what gives you confidence that boots on the ground would work? caller: i do not think we have to go with an all-out war. i think we could send in some special ops to go in and take care of business. i do not think this will be the end of i
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>> some of us have it and some of us don't. it's not unfriendly. let's get down to what you want to talk about it. do you agree or disagree, or what have you? what have you? >> several people have described uva as someone known for his ferocious honesty and absolute integrity. how important is that to you, integrity? >> not even a close second. it is the most important thing to me. as a kid growing up it was the most important. important to my family. important to be in the service. very important to me as attorney general of new hampshire. and extremely important as u.s. senator. it is more important than anything else. [video clip] >> there are many people who might even take issue which the grant saving the union during the civil war. did lincoln not do that? i'm not going to say grant was the only person to save the union, but he was the commanding general of the armies that could lincoln's policies into effect. and he was the general who accepted the surrender of property lee's army. if anybody wants a war on the battlefield, if you could say
>> some of us have it and some of us don't. it's not unfriendly. let's get down to what you want to talk about it. do you agree or disagree, or what have you? what have you? >> several people have described uva as someone known for his ferocious honesty and absolute integrity. how important is that to you, integrity? >> not even a close second. it is the most important thing to me. as a kid growing up it was the most important. important to my family. important to be in the...
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that tracks us up until death. when we think about adding automation to that and to be able to track the social security number -- every american has a fund. why cannot vote using the technology there today? when a person becomes legal voting age, each state should issue that individual a state id. that would solve the fraud. that would sell accessibility. it would not matter early voting or not because it is attached to a number. host: we will leave it there. a couple of stories regarding the situation in egypt. the lead story in "the washington post" -- also regarding the same story in "the financial times" -- back to the phones with our discussion for remedies to speed up the voting process. cathy, you are on "the washington journal." del ahead. caller: we have a vote by mail here. it is wonderful. we do not have problems. i am a little bit surprised a many people in the eastern part of the united states think there is so much fraud. we really do not have that much of a problem here. we always have a paper ballo
that tracks us up until death. when we think about adding automation to that and to be able to track the social security number -- every american has a fund. why cannot vote using the technology there today? when a person becomes legal voting age, each state should issue that individual a state id. that would solve the fraud. that would sell accessibility. it would not matter early voting or not because it is attached to a number. host: we will leave it there. a couple of stories regarding the...
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many of us think this could be a whole new industry for us. to save your corn to rely on y we are going to rely on saudi's for royal for the next 100 years i do not think is smart. it is fair that people that have a sick child cannot get adequate health care because of this group of health care system we have? is it fair that someone sitting in youngstown had to feel the ramifications of a deregulated wall street? people who follow their self- interest write off a cliff into the entire economy down with it? that is not fair. fairness is regulating the market and making sure the bounty and blessings of america get spread across for everybody to a least have a little bit of fairness. host: stella wants to know this -- guest: part of it is it is not geared for inflation. it gets out almost immediately once the gas taxes are put on. at the end of the day gets more and more expensive to pave roads into bridges and everything else because the economy. and i think we do need to figure out a better way to fund our infrastructure and get more money in
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it's really about us all being us having the ability to live the full life. people don't understand that there are more than a thousand rights and benefits and responsibilities that come along with marriage that people don't quite understand. so they get stuck on these notions of general concept of civil union because it's just not marriage. the reality is that these benefits are critically important. this is an important institution in our society and why shouldn't any person in our society who is law-abiding and a full participant have the opportunity to marry like anyone else? host: what is the difference between civil unions and marriage? guest: the difference is that marriage, again, has a full bevy of rights and it's huge. it's more than about the rights. i think what people are alluding to when they talk about a difference is this sense that somehow, the civil union is going to cover just the law. and what people really -- and in some respects, that's true but it's usually a limited version of the law and that's the part that people don't understand. s
it's really about us all being us having the ability to live the full life. people don't understand that there are more than a thousand rights and benefits and responsibilities that come along with marriage that people don't quite understand. so they get stuck on these notions of general concept of civil union because it's just not marriage. the reality is that these benefits are critically important. this is an important institution in our society and why shouldn't any person in our society...
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also, send us an e-mail, -span.org. we will get to all those comments and questions here in just one minute. first, joining us brought the hour is nancy cook. she is here to help us dig into these numbers a little bit more. nancy cook, we told the viewers the highlights, the big number. any surprises in the 2013 budget request? >> sure people -- sure. a lot of people called a political document. some of the surprises and highlights are stimulus measures for things like infrastructure spending. you know, some people definitely got hit, like the epa for instance is taking a third year of straight cuts. it seems like climate change is less of a priority than it used to be with the administration. when you dig down into the numbers, there is definitely a lot of different stories to tell. >> right. we'll get into that. we'll talk about winners and losers. topline, i just want to show some duress charts or put up in "the wallstreet journal" yesterday. the red shows the spending in the ledger. the mandatory -- was the differen
also, send us an e-mail, -span.org. we will get to all those comments and questions here in just one minute. first, joining us brought the hour is nancy cook. she is here to help us dig into these numbers a little bit more. nancy cook, we told the viewers the highlights, the big number. any surprises in the 2013 budget request? >> sure people -- sure. a lot of people called a political document. some of the surprises and highlights are stimulus measures for things like infrastructure...
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that people want to use. there are smart people like the one building a private space company or another founder who has a fund in silicon valley. smart people who are trying to use private enterprise to solve big problems. i did not discount that. government and academia has its role. one has talked a lot about going to mars. he hopes to die on mars as a first human columnisonist. we had to build 30 saturn-5 rockets, each exerting 7 million pounds of thrust. n out ofhasn't gotte low-earth orbit. going to mars is like building the pyramids. it is something that a single nation cannot easily do it by itself. going to mars is something that the entire species wants to do. host: wayne from wisconsin, a republican. caller: good morning. i will probably disagree with your guest's politics. i think we need to back up to world war ii and earlier than that with work and research on what became the man and project. -- the manhattan project. math and physics and all that good stuff. without that basis -- it involved a
that people want to use. there are smart people like the one building a private space company or another founder who has a fund in silicon valley. smart people who are trying to use private enterprise to solve big problems. i did not discount that. government and academia has its role. one has talked a lot about going to mars. he hopes to die on mars as a first human columnisonist. we had to build 30 saturn-5 rockets, each exerting 7 million pounds of thrust. n out ofhasn't gotte low-earth...
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or email us. let's look at a story in the washington post this morning -- ear something from google's official blog. a senior policy analyst at the company said yesterday two years ago they launched their interactive transparency report and started disclosing data about the government requests. unfortunately, she writes that what we've seen over the past zero years has been troubling -- here is the wall street journal -- you can see the number of requests in certain countries. we will also talk about how the u.s. fared. kathleen is a democratic caller in massachusetts, good morning. caller: good morning. i am calling to say all censorship is a really bad thing. there is a first amendment. it's not just google. yesterday on c-span someone called to say that it was in the constitution that the founding fathers told us we had to have 60 votes. for votes. that was not true and there was no correction of information that comes across c-span all the time. not just c-span. our country is completely illit
or email us. let's look at a story in the washington post this morning -- ear something from google's official blog. a senior policy analyst at the company said yesterday two years ago they launched their interactive transparency report and started disclosing data about the government requests. unfortunately, she writes that what we've seen over the past zero years has been troubling -- here is the wall street journal -- you can see the number of requests in certain countries. we will also talk...
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feel free to tell us one or the other. feel free to tell us both. you can comment on twitter and facebook as well. but here's how it will start. for democrats, 202-737-001. for republicans, 202-737-00 . -- for republicans, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. again, your school district, what's working and what's failing? send us an email, that's fine. that email address is journal@c-span.org. you can reach out to us on twitter, @cspanwj off of twitter.com. or perhaps you want to post something on facebook as well. about 26, 30 people or so have done so this morning. such as chad lincoln, and this is one of the responses we've had when it comes to juror school district, what's working and what's failing, he's saying, what's working? not every budget cut promise happens. what's failing? the state of illinois is not paying what is due each local school district outside of chicago public schools. parents are made to freak out and vent about teachers being cut, special needs programming being threatened, and sports or necessary courses being cu
feel free to tell us one or the other. feel free to tell us both. you can comment on twitter and facebook as well. but here's how it will start. for democrats, 202-737-001. for republicans, 202-737-00 . -- for republicans, 202-737-0002. for independents, 202-628-0205. again, your school district, what's working and what's failing? send us an email, that's fine. that email address is journal@c-span.org. you can reach out to us on twitter, @cspanwj off of twitter.com. or perhaps you want to post...
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you want to give us nothing? guest: good morning in long island, i do not wear glasses, i participate in the dental program, but i'd pay premiums for that. that comes out of my paycheck. i think there is a degree of personal responsibility that comes into the equation, but i do not want government running this program. i want to provide the atmosphere and the opportunity for people to choose for -- from an array of plans and be able to purchase those. our role in government is limited, and i just do not believe we need to set up an individual mandate, making everyone pay into it. there are things to like and dislike you have to be careful what the proper role of government is, and that should be dealt with the state level more than the federal level. host: 20 minutes left our guest. cleveland. republican line. good morning. caller: representative, i have a question for you. our founding fathers dressed up with cash on their face at the boston tea party in case they were caught by the british. now, we took the cou
you want to give us nothing? guest: good morning in long island, i do not wear glasses, i participate in the dental program, but i'd pay premiums for that. that comes out of my paycheck. i think there is a degree of personal responsibility that comes into the equation, but i do not want government running this program. i want to provide the atmosphere and the opportunity for people to choose for -- from an array of plans and be able to purchase those. our role in government is limited, and i...
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the major materials we use -- when you use asphalt, concrete, the raw materials, you use domestic products because the cost to transport weighty materials is too expensive to go outside. we use american steel. there's a strong made in america component. will she know what the budget numbers are? there are many websites in d.c. www. transportation.org. we have information on the budget that congress just approved for transportation. oh, it will get its share -- oklahoma will get its share. you'll be able to check and follow what oklahoma receives and how it is being spend. cities and counties in oklahoma will decide where to spend it. host: how much is owned or leased by foreign entities? guest: i am not aware of any that are owned or leased by foreign entities. the indiana toll road and several public-private ventures. in texas, we have benefited from spanish money, australia money, french money. there is an italian money here lles greenway.een wadu it has proven beneficial to have foreign countries invest in u.s. infrastructure. host: our last caller was from oklahoma and you were talking
the major materials we use -- when you use asphalt, concrete, the raw materials, you use domestic products because the cost to transport weighty materials is too expensive to go outside. we use american steel. there's a strong made in america component. will she know what the budget numbers are? there are many websites in d.c. www. transportation.org. we have information on the budget that congress just approved for transportation. oh, it will get its share -- oklahoma will get its share....
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joining host: us this barry kluger. -- host: joining us this barry kluger. he is an author. who is jericka? -- erica? guest: erica is my 18-year-old daughter who was killed in a car accident in arizona in 2001. actually last friday was the 11th anniversary. she had come out here to live with my wife and i to go to college and it was just one of these freak things. i had been golfing that morning and i called home to see if there were any messages and there was a call from scott still hospital saying your daughter has been in a car accident, please call. i called back and i said, how bad is it? they said, it is bad. they did not tell me that she had been dead for an hour. they are not about to tell a father that before he is about to get into a car and drive 25 minutes to a hospital. perhaps even a radically. so, a did not tell me when i had called them. when i showed up at a hospital, they asked me to sit in a room, which is another one of those the summer moments of silence, something that is going on. and then increase came in. being jewish, i realized that he had somethin
joining host: us this barry kluger. -- host: joining us this barry kluger. he is an author. who is jericka? -- erica? guest: erica is my 18-year-old daughter who was killed in a car accident in arizona in 2001. actually last friday was the 11th anniversary. she had come out here to live with my wife and i to go to college and it was just one of these freak things. i had been golfing that morning and i called home to see if there were any messages and there was a call from scott still hospital...
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none of us are specialists. how can we possibly make a rational decision on something that that we are so limited on the information given to us? host: a programming note, general allan, the commander of coalition forces in afghanistan is back on capitol hill right now. c-span3, you can get our coverage of the senate armed services committee marius' testifying about the situation in afghanistan. columbus, ohio, democratic caller, millie. caller: we have so many people that live in the united states, senior citizens. we are not getting what president obama promised. he lied to the people. and the gas price keeps going up. how about people that don't have the money to keep up with gas prices and they have to go to the doctor and to the store? it's not right. a lot of people out of work that need jobs and they cannot make it now. and the senior citizens. the president has tried to everybody. host: a reminder, please turn the television down. otherwise it causes feedback. here's gracie on twitter -- garden city, mic
none of us are specialists. how can we possibly make a rational decision on something that that we are so limited on the information given to us? host: a programming note, general allan, the commander of coalition forces in afghanistan is back on capitol hill right now. c-span3, you can get our coverage of the senate armed services committee marius' testifying about the situation in afghanistan. columbus, ohio, democratic caller, millie. caller: we have so many people that live in the united...
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you can also find us online on twitter. and you can join the conversation on facebook. or email us. here is the new york times story about president bill clinton's support of the current president last night. other papers covered the event last night and talk about whether or not it brings some strength to the obama campaign. it says -- .hat's the washington post how much does that influence you? , former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama. david mark is joining us from "politico" on the phone. how are the polls reading and what is at stake? guest: it has been over a year since scott walker took on collective bargaining rights in wisconsin, which made a lot of unions, stall where democrats, became angry. his opponents were able to get enough signatures to force a recall election. at is what we are seeing. host: there's a question about how much effort has been poured into this race, how much nationally democrats, republicans, and special- interest groups are contributing. guest: donations are coming largely from groups that one might expect to give in this kind o
you can also find us online on twitter. and you can join the conversation on facebook. or email us. here is the new york times story about president bill clinton's support of the current president last night. other papers covered the event last night and talk about whether or not it brings some strength to the obama campaign. it says -- .hat's the washington post how much does that influence you? , former president bill clinton campaigning for president obama. david mark is joining us from...
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the chaplain: let us pray. heavenly father, we thank you this day for your many blessings to us as citizens of the united states of america. for our nation, for our freedom, for our prosperity, for our heritage, for our defenders, past and present, for the duty of our land, for our families, for our faith in you, for all whom we love. keep us in your watchful care. make us strong as a people. bless our unity. bless our diversity. bless this august body in their deliberations. may god bless us, everyone. amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house her approval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of rule 1 the journal stands approved. the -- for what purpose does the gentleman from texas rise? mr. green: mr. speaker, pursuant to clause 1, rule 1, i demand a vote on agreeing to the speaker's approval of the journal. the speaker pro tempore: those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the journal s
the chaplain: let us pray. heavenly father, we thank you this day for your many blessings to us as citizens of the united states of america. for our nation, for our freedom, for our prosperity, for our heritage, for our defenders, past and present, for the duty of our land, for our families, for our faith in you, for all whom we love. keep us in your watchful care. make us strong as a people. bless our unity. bless our diversity. bless this august body in their deliberations. may god bless us,...
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are you with us? go ahead. caller: eleanor roosevelt because, she helped out with franklin and the administration. what the other caller was talking about. also, hillary clinton because no matter how much people think of how she tried to bring about health care back in the 1990's, that was the start to try to get us going through a single payer. that is what we need in this country. we need single payer. >> thank you for all your calls and tweets. coming up on "washington journal" this morning, we will be talking with tony perkins. we will also look at the air marshal program. when we come back, the adviser to the international monetary fund, robert shapiro, talks about the eurozone crisis and its impact on the united states. we will be right back. ♪ ♪ >> tonight on c-span, former navy seal chuck pfarrer. >> one of the things that got me off the bench to write this book was by august, the factoids had metastasized into a story that had them blowing their way into a building after shooting of four 20, 30, 40
are you with us? go ahead. caller: eleanor roosevelt because, she helped out with franklin and the administration. what the other caller was talking about. also, hillary clinton because no matter how much people think of how she tried to bring about health care back in the 1990's, that was the start to try to get us going through a single payer. that is what we need in this country. we need single payer. >> thank you for all your calls and tweets. coming up on "washington...
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he used the freedom of speech. all of those things are important because-so-that in our school because of the history that we have here. the children like yourself who are coming along, they are able to have the freedoms that many people in the past did not have. >> you can watch this video in its entirety as well as all other winning entries on our website, student cam.org. -- studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the fund is in the midst of the spring meeting in washington today. former i.m.f. board member douglas redi connection, r joins us now. give us a primer on who's in town and what's on the agenda today. guest: in the i.m.f. was established as part of the bret onwood institution. and the i.m.f. is really there as the global financial truth teller. that's been its job for the last 60-odd years. the world bank has much more of a develop mandate and the i.m.f. has stability mandate. it's largely the finance ministers and the central bank governors of roughly every country commt world that c
he used the freedom of speech. all of those things are important because-so-that in our school because of the history that we have here. the children like yourself who are coming along, they are able to have the freedoms that many people in the past did not have. >> you can watch this video in its entirety as well as all other winning entries on our website, student cam.org. -- studentcam.org. >> "washington journal" continues. host: the fund is in the midst of the spring...
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i believe he's using this to use against his opposition. people like myself who speaks out against him. i mean, like the one they did with ted nugent. he said nothing about harming the president or anything. but before you know it, he had the f.b.i. of -- i don't know. who led the f.b.i. after him? this is so people could go after his political enemy. he cannot stand criticism. he's thin skinned. host: thank you, sharon. guest: well, you know, that's the problem with not having an appropriate across-the-board standard because you don't know how it's being used. host: from stan, what is the difference between passive g.p.s. tracking and someone following you in a car and writing down your locations all day? guest: it's an awful lot more work to follow you around, seriously. in some ways, it's not more complicated than that. this would allow -- g.p.s. tracking, cell phone tracking would allow the government to simultaneously track thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of people. literally, it's technological possible, it's actually happe
i believe he's using this to use against his opposition. people like myself who speaks out against him. i mean, like the one they did with ted nugent. he said nothing about harming the president or anything. but before you know it, he had the f.b.i. of -- i don't know. who led the f.b.i. after him? this is so people could go after his political enemy. he cannot stand criticism. he's thin skinned. host: thank you, sharon. guest: well, you know, that's the problem with not having an appropriate...
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host: craig gilbert is joining us from ohio. thank you for being with us. guest: nice to be with you. host: what do we expect on tuesday? in terms of turnout, we have seen the polls show that governor walker is slightly ahead in some polls and democrats say it will attend -- will depend on turnout tuesday. what can we expect? guest: there has been amazingly little public polling so we just don't have a lot to go on especially given the national interest in this race. people are expecting a big turnout. this is a political conflict that has consumed the state for 60 months and everything is building toward tuesday. the same two candidates in 2010 had 50% of voting age adults in the state them out to vote and a presidential race in 2008 was 70%. we have not had -- and a governor's race where the turnout reached 53% in 50 years or 60 years. it can be fascinating to see how much higher than 2010 turnout goes. most people think it will be higher and democrats think the closer it gets to presidential levels, the better off they are. host: let me show you byron yo
host: craig gilbert is joining us from ohio. thank you for being with us. guest: nice to be with you. host: what do we expect on tuesday? in terms of turnout, we have seen the polls show that governor walker is slightly ahead in some polls and democrats say it will attend -- will depend on turnout tuesday. what can we expect? guest: there has been amazingly little public polling so we just don't have a lot to go on especially given the national interest in this race. people are expecting a big...